| Hoekaspis Temporal range: Ordovician; Early Arenig PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
|---|---|
| |
| Hoekaspis sp. | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Asaphida |
| Family: | †Asaphidae |
| Genus: | †Hoekaspis Kobayashi, 1937 |
| Species | |
| |
Hoekaspis is an extinct genus of trilobites from the family Asaphidae. It lived during the early part of the Arenig stage of the Ordovician, a faunal stage which lasted from approximately 466 to 461 million years ago.
Distribution
Fossils of Hoekaspis have been found in France, Morocco, Bolivia and Argentina.
References
- ^ Hoekaspis at Fossilworks.org
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2006-09-05. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
| Taxon identifiers | |
|---|---|
| Hoekaspis | |
 | This Asaphida-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |